Chapter 1848 Sponsoring Her a Donkey
I remember a news story about the Australian Prime Minister complaining to the media that Daxia hadn't answered his phone calls in years. Many people thought it was ridiculous: "As a national leader, how come you don't have other leaders' phone numbers? Is your whining funny?"
In fact, he really didn't.
Those national leaders are not easy to contact. The basic rule for national leaders is that they cannot talk to other leaders using their personal mobile phones.
After all, both parties were talking on behalf of the country, not individuals, and their only way of communicating was through office landlines. Furthermore, landline numbers were highly confidential, or even unavailable, with dedicated staff reviewing incoming calls to determine whether to forward them.
Furthermore, both parties must first schedule a call, including details such as "when I will contact you" and "why I will contact you." Each party submits their schedule to the foreign ministries of both countries, who then coordinate the process. The foreign ministries then refer the call to a national think tank, which will then convene to determine whether to accept the call. The name of this think tank varies; some call it the Secretariat, while others, like the White House War Intelligence Bureau, are called the White House's Office of Warfare. However, they are essentially the same thing: a group of senior advisors.
Someone said, isn’t there a so-called "Leader Hotline"?
In fact, this "leaders' hotline" does not mean that leaders can call each other, but rather that the think tanks of the two countries can directly connect and study whether to answer the call, bypassing the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
So now if the Russian side does not answer the call, those national leaders really have no choice.
Desaryev suddenly said, "Mr. Xiao, I personally think it's inappropriate for you to tell William about the Arctic oil fields. I need to report this to my superiors. I hope you can understand."
Kashin frowned and said, "Desalev, what's wrong with you? My boss told me this right in front of you because he trusts you. Why did you still tell me?"
Desarev looked guilty after hearing this: "I'm really sorry, but this is my job."
Kasin said angrily: "Don't expect me to treat you to drinks and find girls!"
Xiao Peng smiled and said, "Alright, Kashin, this is Desarev's job. And it's okay. I guess the Russians are eager for this news to get out as soon as possible!"
"Why?" Kasim asked in confusion.
After hearing this, Bruch glared at Kasim and said, "Shut up! You're just being ungrateful. Let me put it this way, if we hadn't improved our lives by following the boss, you'd probably be the only one among the four of us who wasn't afraid of winter."
Kasim became even more confused and looked at Bruch with a bewildered look.
Bruch gave the answer: "Are you aware of the energy crisis that's gripping Europe right now? You in Russia have ample energy and do a great job heating winters. Do you know how much the heating bills at my parents' house went up last year? They're three times as much! Can ordinary people afford such high heating costs? My regards to that environmentalist princess and her whole family! She deserves to ride that donkey!"
After hearing what Bruch said, everyone in the car laughed.
Sometimes I really can’t admire the imagination of foreigners.
When the United Nations Climate Change Conference was held in Madrid, the 'Swedish Environmental Princess' was also invited. After hearing the news, a Spanish community took the initiative to sponsor her a donkey as a means of transportation to Madrid. They said, 'Thanks to her, everyone realized the importance of environmental protection, so they decided to sponsor her a donkey as a means of transportation, because donkeys are a means of transportation that is most respectful of the environment and ecology, passed down from our ancestors.'
Of course, the "Environmental Princess" disdained to ride on a donkey and directly rejected the Spaniards' "good intentions." This incident became a laughing stock.
After Kasim finished laughing, he asked in confusion, "What does this have to do with the 'Environmental Princess'?"
Bruch cursed: "I'm going to generate electricity with love!"
Now everyone laughed even more happily.
The Germans have been seriously fooled by "environmental protection": they were the first in the world to legislate the closure of nuclear power plants, but they are not satisfied with that and plan to gradually close the remaining 84 coal-fired power plants and replace them with environmentally friendly gas-fired power plants.
At that time, domestic intellectuals were very excited about this matter and praised Germany's actions to the sky, as if they only regretted that they were not Germans.
It turned out like this in just a few years?
As a public intellectual, there is always a time when you don’t get slapped in the face.
This is correct from an anthropological perspective, but the problem is: they have no energy! And they use oil and gas for heating in the winter. How can they provide heat without oil and gas resources?
Western European countries have always been short of fossil fuels. Even the coal produced in the famous Ruhr region of Germany is mostly low-quality lignite. Therefore, they need to import energy.
Where does it import from? Russia, of course! 50% of Europe's natural gas comes from Russia. Despite the increasingly strained relationship between Europe and Russia and the constant military exercises, Europe's natural gas imports continue to increase. While Europe complains about Russia, it's still buying energy.
The Nord Stream 2 pipeline project, developed by Russia and Germany, has been completed, and Germany is currently reviewing and approving it. The Americans have been disrupting this project from the very beginning, but now they're trying to disrupt it. If Nord Stream 2 fails to deliver gas this winter, all of Europe will be without gas! Now, if the Americans disrupt it, all of Europe will dare to turn against them!
This is a golden opportunity for Russia. It would be strange if it doesn't take advantage of it to mess with Europe!
Europe has faced this before, a previous energy crisis even worse than this one. But God was on their side: the discovery of astonishing reserves of "North Sea oil fields" beneath the North Sea, including the Oak, Cormorant, and Brent fields, along with a cluster of natural gas fields off the coast of the Netherlands, not only solved the energy crisis but also enriched the United Kingdom, Norway, and the Netherlands. However, these three countries, seeing the potential, quickly took action and, with a relentless digging spree, completely emptied the North Sea oil and gas fields.
So now I am dumbfounded.
They need to find better oil and gas resources, and now they know there are oil and gas resources in the Arctic? They all turn into little white rabbits, it would be strange if they don’t have red eyes!
Russia needs money now. Arctic oilfield extraction is technically difficult. Why not develop Siberia's oil and gas fields and convert them into cash? With money, what can't they do? Xiao Peng guarantees that once they've explored the reserves in that discovered mining area, they'll immediately notify the world!
Xiao Peng is just warming up for that in advance, and the Russian side is eager for him to do so.
The group chatted as they drove forward, finally arriving at the Kirovsky port area. As soon as the car entered the port, Kashin started cursing: "Damn, Hua Chong is such a shameless guy! I'm going to fight him!"
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